max scherzer, he is bringing all the chocolate syrup you can handle. mad max against the brew crew. the warriors deny king james and stand one win away from their second nba championship. >>> plus da'rel young joins us for the off-season. and holding kangaroos. make sure you hop on in >>> new tonight, two teenagers badly hurt in back-to-back shark attacks. now everyone is being asked to stay out of the water. this happened off the coast of north carolina. a 13-year-old girl reportedly lost part of her arm and is in danger of losing a leg. and about an hour later a 16-year-old boy was bitten by a shark. both are out of surgery now. the beach near oak island is expected to be back open tomorrow. helicopters, as you see there will monitor the coastline for any more shark activity. >>> outraged airline passengers are safe in london tonight after an excruciating few days. they took off from chicago, but a maintenance issue forced their plane to divert to rural canada, where travelers say they spent 20 hours in difficult conditions. nbc's gabe gutierrez explains. >> reporter: today 176 pa

max scherzer eager to take the ay hold on max, wait for the national anthem.tom of the first, carlos gomez, at the dish. gomez go down swinging. first strikeout of the game for max there. scooter generalet can't catch one that 95-mile-an-hour fast ball. bottom fourth, ryan braun, he goes down swinging, striking out the national league former mvp. 5 ks through four innings for max scherzer. later on in the seventh don't forget the offense, robinson, two on, two out, coming through, opposite field left, coming in to score easy. yunel escobar follows him in mr. robinson a two-run double. nates a 4-0 lead at this point. back to the main event, scherzer, perfect game going in the seventh inning, facing gomez again, this one finds some green grass. great effort by anthony ran doan, couldn't quite make a play. a single for gomez, there goes your perfect game. scherzer stayed with it. strikes out adam lynn for his 12th k of the game. in the bottom of the ninth he is still out there earning that $210million. revenge against gomez, 16th strikeout of the game, set the fr

it probably didn't top max scherzer over the last seven days. tossed a one hitter and shut out the brewers. he didn't relax. scherzer ran in the heat while the team want os the roads on the team in miami. in the ten-year history of the nats, they have not seen two games like this. top of the fourth, it's scoreless. this looks familiar. perfect through four. but this changes. look who is back in the lineup. brice harper. i think he's okay. this is a new career high for a season for him. 23rd homer of the season. i wish i could do that. all right. harper is overshadowed because max scherzer is still perfect through seven innings. in the eight, pedro takes one towards second and he scoops it up and fires and that's going to fire up scherzer. the fans are fired up but i wasn't at the game. we head to the ninth. you tell me -- >> and that's when twitter blew up. >> yes. top of the lead into the pitch, he has a perfect game that is gone but no hitter is good. josh harrison, uh-oh michael taylor is there and makes the catch. it's a no-hitter for max sc

max scherzer pitches the second no-hitter in nats' history. and the biggest hershey bears to date. adition scherzer started when he got here. 6-0 is the final. >> you hear the crowd going nuts. everybody on their feet cheering. the louder they got, the more i wanted to do it. find a way to finish it out. lou: that part has seen its second no-hitter in nine months. jordan zimmermann had one in september, september 28. mad max has been insane. two complete-game gems. only one hit allowed, 26 k's. looking like he is worth every bit of the seven-year, $210 million contract. the college world series, florida, bottom of the seven fly ball write. that is deep enough to score. virginia takes the 5-4 lead and goes on to win. they advanced to the final round and will face vanderbilt on monday. a no-hitter is enough to make a sports cast special, but wait. hollywood, i hope you're watching this potential movie idea unfolding. jason day is turning the golf course into his own personal test of will and in the process his own personal -- battling vertigo, collapsing yesterday. almost quitting thr

max scherzer with a complete game 4-0 shutout. the hershey syrup shower. after the nasa pieced -- after the masterpiece come he talked about going for perfection. max: what you get through about five innings, you realize what's going on. i put some hair on that fastball, but he was able to get it. i thought i threw the ball great and i thought we did a great job. lou: your is what we know about the nba finals, the league m.v.p. is officially back, and lebron james needs a chiropractor, primarily to fix his sore back from carrying the entire cavaliers roster. it is literally five versus one. if ever there should be in m.v.p. from a potential losing team, this might be the year. fourth quarter, the warriors leading. james from 35 feet. three, another triple-double for the broncos 40 points, 14 boards, 11 assists. -- another triple-double for lebron. steph curry drains the three. golden state up by 10. curry, 37 points, 17 of them in the fourth. the warriors when 104-91. the nba season could be over tuesday night in cleveland. coach: i thought from the very b

but max scherzer has become a necessity for this pitching rotation.he phillies did something that the pirates and the brewers were not able to do some the month of june against scherzer. that is reach home plate. picking things up where he left off last saturday. wow. retiring the first 16 phillies he faced. he had seven k's in the game, no walks and no real trouble until galvis galvis broke up the perfect game in the sixth. nats win their seventh in a row 5- it. scherzer, eight innings, five hits two runs. last three games, these numbers are staggering, 26 innings, 33 k's, one walk and an e.r.a. of 0.69. >> once you get through once, u have something going. i had something working. it is just so hard. it takes luck, and you just have to be on your point. and when you make mistakes they have to mis-hit it. >> now that the draft is over, the other portion of the wizards' 2015 off-season begins, free agency, july is. but it is free agency 2016 that has everyone around here amped. if what i heard today is any indication, the d.m.v. should be getting some

lerner some monumental signings and trades over the years, stephen strasburg, jayson werth and max scherzer. wusa9 sat down with him today to reflect on the season so far as he tells us, the scherzer signing one he will never forget and not necessarily because of the dollar signs. >> 15 minutes or so before we had the photos with the family for my son's wedding in january and my father was talking on the phone as he drove down to the wedding. my son will always remember my son got married the same day we signed max scherzer. >> a little wedding gift. >>> you remember where you were when rg3 got drafted? >> you were there. >> i was in new york. >> big >>> wusa9 news is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealers. >>> i'm tracking the remnants of bill and i'm kind of worried about saturday night. some flooding is possible. >> have a good night! >> b i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder... ...whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cu

max scherzer making a bit of nationals history. now the beginning of a four-game inner league home and home with the rays. the nats will send gio gonzalez to the mound tonight. hopefully gio was taking notes yesterday. max scherzer was almost perfect on sunday striking out a career end franchise high 16 batters allowing only one hit in a complete game shut out. iandes monday. slump -- ian desmon 0-12. lebron james is having his best postseason. with all the talk of steph curry finding his stroke in game five and warriors on the verge of closing out the series tomorrow james took to the post game press conference podium and dropped the mic with this. lebron: i feel confident because i'm the best player in the world. that simple. >> hard to argue with him. he recorded his second triple-double of the finals and is averaging 36 points 12 rebounds and nine assists per game. king james is making an argument he should get the finals m.v.p. win or lose. game six is tomorrow night. at 9:00 on abc7. wizards continue their predraft workout at

strasburg had a successful return last night and max scherzer said if one pitcher does well it helps to boost the rest of the rotation. >> we are all on the same page and throwing the ball there. and we all want to wish each other success and good to see everybody throwing the ball together at once. >> reporter: back to why i'm sitting in the chair. tonight is college rivalry night here at nats' park. virginia versus virginia tech. people who bought a special ticket give you a tailgate chair and they have these shirts for sale. virginia with the curly w and virginia tech also with the curly w and a nifty hat that you saw me sport. and over 2000 tickets just for the specific college sections. people wearing their virginia and virginia tech stuff which is fitting. we have uva basketball star justin anderson throwing out the first pitch and is caught by uva alum ryan zimmermann. tonight, virginia going for a college world series, and maybe this will bring them luck. they were able to get a victory last night against vanderbilt, a 3-0 victory, and that ties up the west of 3 series. tonig

max scherzer gets the start for the night cap, six innings. tyler moore sends one down the right-field line, bryce harper scores. 1-1. sixth inning, the nats up 3 max scherzer gets rocked. that is a three run shot. toronto takes the lead. a would score six unanswered runs in the nats lose, 7-3. different story in the day game the only scoring came in the bottom of the fifth. bryce harper lines the single to center, george zimmerman would store -- ryan zimmerman would score. the nats win 2-0. o's-astros, bottom of the third, evan gattis at the plate. so long, three run shot. houston wins 6-4. the orioles have lost four in a row. desean jackson is back after being absent from the first week of ota's. the redskins tweeted pictures and video. jackson made it back into the area monday after being in california. before that, he was spotted in cleveland at the eastern conference finals, hanging out with lebron. heroes with the redskins fullback had to say about jackson's return. -- here is what the redskins fullback had to say about jackson's return.

max scherzer said that's the best way to play. >> i love it.hy wouldn't you want to be in the situation? this is what you play for. if you want to be in the big leagues, you want to win. i love being on great teams. so the way you deal with it is just go about your business and prepare as hard as you can and put in the hard work it takes to have success atthis level and try and go out and win as many times as you can. >> max scherzer will be back on the mound on friday to see if he can get another w with the nats against the pirates right here on wusa 9 at 7:00. >>> and talking about high expectations. the maryland terrapins's basketball teams is one of the favorites to win a title this year. we caught up with e thcoach recently to ask him about dealing with the expectations. >> i felt it would take us two years to get where we wanted, and it did. we're pleased where the right now, but the grind never stops. >>> the u.s. women's soccer team is part what is deemed the group of death. but it rings true this year. the u.s. women faced two top 10 t

taking the national league player of the month, max scherzer picture of the month -- pitcher of the month. tonight, the jays up, top of the fourth reyes with a single to right. harper's throw was too late, the blue jays win 8-0. o's trying not to drop five straight, three straight against houston. miguel gonzalez and chris carter, gone. disappears into the night. 1-0 astros. bottom of the fifth, it is that guy again, the center this time. i don't think this has land it yet. astros win 3-1 five straight losses for baltimore. tomorrow wraps up the second session of the redskins ota's. desean jackson knew that he could not avoid the cameras. today was the first time he talked about his absence from the week one workouts. desean: my head coach, my teammates, the people here in this building knew about my whereabouts. any criticism from the media, i don't play for them. robert: cannot wait for the reality show. stanley cup finals blackhawks-lightning, in tampa. blackhawks trailed the entire game come until six minutes left in the third. two minutes later, the blackhawks take the lead rig

max scherzer of the washington nat was one pitch away from throwing the 24th. fans looking on. scherzer two outs bottom nine when sabates. and he hits stab would to on the elbow. the perfect game over. but he leaned into it. the ump can change the call if he thinks it's intentional. rules otherwise. fans can believe it. but a no-hitter possible. next batter, hairs harrison flies out to left. sher sher complete game shutout no hits no walks, the nats win and instead of gatorade the jersey going to the hall of fame gets the chocolate syrup bath. >> set for the no-hitter. does that matter to you? is there much of a loss? >> there is but just because you're so close. with two strikes -- one struggle away from a perfect game. but just being able to get a no-hitter in front of the fans, nothing better. >> katie just corrected me, a chocolate sir victim shower. >> last night, a's son gray on the mound lose. trying to rerace that memory today. improves to 5-5. pimped 7-2/3, strike out four got some help on defense. ben zobrist, the siding catch. game tied at 1-1 in the sixth. 2-1 a's. t

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max scherzer of the washington nat was one pitch away from throwing the 24th. fans looking on. he hits stab would to on the elbow. the rfect game over. but he leaned into it. the ump can change the call if he thinks it's intentional. rules otherwise. fans can believe it. but ao-hitter possible. next batter, hairs harrison flies out to lef sher sher complete game shutout no hits no walks, the nats win and instead of gatorade the jersey going to the hall of fame gets the chocolateyrup bath. >> set for the no-hier. does that matter to you? is there much of a loss? >> there is but just because you're so close. with two strikes -- one struggle away from a perfect game. but just being able to get a no-hitter in front of the fans, nothing better. >> katie jus corrected me, a chocolate sir victim shower. >> last night, a's son gray on the mound lose. trying to rerace that memory today. improves to 5-5. pimped 7-2/3, strike out four got some help on defense. ben zobrist, the siding catch. game tied at 1-1 in the sixth. 2-1 a's. two batters later brett lawry finds the gap. another rbi dou

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>> the washington nationals max scherzer came within one out of a perfect game. inst the pittsburgh pirates. scherzer struck out ten yesterday for the second no-hitter in major league baseball this year. but it did not come without controversy. two outs in the ninth, scherzer hit jose tabata in the elbow ending the bid for the perfect game. some argued that he leaned into the pitch on purpose. the ump did not see it that way. >>> i'm going home! >>> leah still is going home. the 5-year-old daughter of cincinnati bengals star devon still has been at children's hospital of philadelphia for several weeks undergoing stem cell therapy for her cancer. but yesterday she got some great news and her father posted this video to instagram. they will have a great father's day. >>> actress and director angelina jolie is asking for more to be done to help refugees around the world. she visited a refugee camp in turkey yesterday. she was there in her role as a united nations special envoy. she was also marking world refugee day, which was yesterday. she called the millions of re

you can see the nats and max scherzer this friday here on wusa 9. it all begins at 7:00. >>> the maryland women's basketball team is preparing for life as the reigning big 10 championships. they have a tall task at hand to follow their undefeated season and they'll have to do it without one of their leading scorers. we recently told you guard lexi brown decided to leave the university of maryland because she wanted to play closer to home. we now know lexi will suit up for the blue devils, the turpz' former acc rival. that's pretty much the reaction. the terps' second leading scorer. we caught up with brenda freeze shortly after the news broke to get her reaction. >> at the end of the day you want players that want to be happy and her choice was to go back closer to home. for us, nothing changes in terms of our program and the players that are here that want to be here. >>> the nba draft 10 days away. the washington wiz ards' first pick is number 19. today the team hosted another handful of prospects. the list included several players making waves ac

- >>> now wusa9 game on sports brought to you by xfinity. >> these days when you hear the name max scherzerexciting outing. he threw a one hitter june 14th and a no hitter june 20th. scherzer on the mound in philadelphia in a series of six games. 1st inning third batter and another injury for washington. yunel escobar would not return. x- oraysf his wrist were negative. back to scherzer, on fire again. he retired the first 16 batters, struck out seven, had another no hitter going until he didn't. phillies shortstop freddy galvis broke up the no no in the 6th. here's some nats offense. it's knocked out of the park for a two-run shot. nats win 5-2. >> it's just so hard. it takes luck and you just got to be on your point. when you make mistakes, they got to mishit it. made a few mistakes early and found a way to minimize the damage. >> nice two hitter. >>> tonight it was the nhl's turn with the draft. the capitals picked 22nd overall, but who would be their guy? >> washington selects ilyas samsonov from russia. >> he's a goalie, the first to go in the first round since 2012. the russian joins

nats no hitter and max scherzer on saturday. now oddly enough, the night before that no hitter i sat down with nationals owner mark lerner and i was joking with him about allowing max to douse him in chocolate syrup. >> any time there's a win involved. >> reporter: they go out and win tonight after rain delay. >> if that's my contribution to winning, i'll do anything it takes. >> reporter: he did anything. scherzer went out there, gave him a big hug and got syrup all over him and the rest is history. seven strasburg back on the mound for the nats. they need this guy to get going, had a very rough 1st half, 6.55 e.r.a. he's 7-4 lifetime against the braves. nats and braves coming up here from nationals park, holden kushner for wusa9 sports. >> coming up at 6:00 we're going back out live to nats park for the latest on strasburg's return. >>> new at 6:00 did a maryland government official have a conflict of interest that co >>> the united states announced it is sending military arms to six european nations in response to russia's rec

another honor for max scherzer. and we will report on why bruce >>> we talk about a buleague, rinky dink punk move, you tell them the rest of it. that was cold. >> max scherzer should have had a perfect game but he didn't get the perfect game. he did get the no-hitter though, but he is a classy guy, not going to say it was bush league. >> of course not. i will say it >> it was bush leak. least surprising news in the world of sports max scherzer named national league player of the week, not any doubts that scherzer would live up to that $210 million contract, his teammate, bryce harper put it best this past weekend, harper said the 30-year-old is worth every penny he gets. you can see why. scherzer making history on saturday throwing a no-hitter against the by the are as. that, jim, coming after a one-hurt he threw in his previous start against the brewers. two complete games, one hit 18 scoreless innings. he is the first pitcher since 1944 to allow one hit or fewer in back-to-back complete games. also the first pitc

it was nationals starter max scherzer who first decided the topping to top off a big win. scherzer has been topping himself, a start after a one-hitter he pitched a near perfect game no-hitter and with squeeze bottles ready just in case, scherzer was on the mound tonight in philadelphia. now, fans not used to seeing nats starters giving up runs font 41 1/3 innings, scherzer off to a quick start? the first, gets hernandez swinging, his first strikeout. in the second no luck. then in the fourth hernandez up again. another swinging strikeout. scherzer perfect through four innings. top of the sixth now, this is good stuff. scherzer has some support. matt decker up with a men off and deny decker sends this into the lower deck. a two-run shot just his second career homer. nats up 5-0. bottom of the sixth, scherzer still perfect. until freddie dell ves smack thz one to right. that drops fair. that's off the wall. a double, first allowed by scherzer in -- give the guy a hand. doing well. two runs five hits seven strikeouts eight innings for sherdzer his 100th win. scoreless streak

local celebrities at the park along with teammates including nl player of the week max scherzer. the foundation has raised over $1.5 million and counting. good to hear. after throwing a no-no saturday, max scherzer has been named as i mentioned national league player of the week. not only did he throw the no hitter, he also had 16 k's and allowed only one hit against the brewers last sunday. for the season scherzer is 8 # and leads the league in e.r.a. at 1.76 on saturday. a lot of chocolate syrup. the owner says he's still tasting it. that's old. and as if pete rose -- >> still trying to get the chocolate off myself. had to use quite a few q-tips in my ear. it was a special night. i know how excited max and his family were. he's just an amazing athlete. i can't wait for friday when he pitches again and see what he's got. >> all right. as if pete rose didn't have enough problems already. according to documents obtained by espn's "outside the lines" it appears rose bet on baseball as a player for the reds and not just a manager. the documents seem to indicate rose bet on at least

a 3-run shot off max scherzer. the bluejays win this one 7-3 to get a split in the double- header. >>> orioles taking on the astros. baltimore had a 3-run lead but very reminiscent of last night this changed in a hurry. gattis with a homerun. astros win 6-4. orioles blow another lead. >>> the idea of corruption within the fifa organization didn't come as a surprise to many. many former players, officials and even the organization's president expressed relief and optimism about a new 4qdirection for the world's soccer governing body. but now, segment blatter has become the center of an investigation just days after being reelected president, despite the scandal, blatter resigned from the post he held for 17 years. investigators are going after other officials to build a case again against blatter for money laundering including a reported $10 million bribe. >>> it has been 37 years since affirmed won the coveted triple crown. we have seen several chances since then but no horse has been able to win the kentucky der

in the game, but you can forget about the world series if players who were not named harper and max scherzer do not come correct. the curly w has lost three straight, the latest coming to the north town of chicago. 1-0 cubs. ian desmond, to right center opposite field power. it is gone. number five of the year. 4-2 cubbies escobar to clint robinson scores. the nats cut the lead, 4-3. top of the sixth, 5-3 cubs. a soft liner, one-run scores. michael taylor throws a dart and nails mcgough monteiro, but the damage is done 6-3 is the final. this up-and-down play is similar to last season, is it not? coach williams: there are no excuses. april was not kind with regard to injury. we struggled a little bit. when we got everybody back last year, and started to roll pretty good. that said, there are no excuses. we have to play and win games and get to where we want to get to. lou: nats traveling to the yankees tuesday. 0's taking on the tribe. j.j. hardy and ryan flaherty score. they win 7-3. o's boost the red sox starting tuesday. we could actually eventually have two winners of the nba finals, the

lou: max scherzer beat mother nature today too. kellye: >> saturday news extra, on your side. kellye: some hope in trials 10. the doors at the mother emanuel ame our opening again. this as dylann roof's friends open up about the shooter. >> tonight the fbi and authorities are trying to confirm if these pictures and what appeared to be a manifesto posted online are connected to the 21-year-old accused of murdering nine people. dylann roof in custody tonight seen with a gun and confederate flag. nsa railing against people who are black or jewish saying i chose charleston because it is the most historic city in my state and had the highest ratio of blacks to whites in the country. anger over the trial of george zimmerman for the killing of trayvon martin, a story we heard from a friend. >> he was telling me how, about trayvon martin, he did not agree with it. >> he may have had a black friend back home in columbia. he said he never thought roof was racist, but he may have missed the signs when he said he joke about shooting at the college. >> i don't think the church was his prim

max scherzer came oh so close to a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning. he hit a batter. razed him. washington nationals 6-0 win over the pirates. scherzer was masterful in retiring the first 26 batters. one strike away from throwing a 72nd perfect game in major league history since 1900. >> you hear the crowd going nuts. everybody starts getting on their feet. cheering to those three strike counts. the louder they get, the more i want to do it. >> scherzer is the second nationals pitcher to throw a no-hitter. >>> and now here is a look at the rest of your day in sports. >>> good morning. a very busy sunday and happy father's day. the nationals, can they stop what they did on saturday? max scherzer with that no-no against the pittsburgh pirates winning 6-0. gio gonzalez gets the start this afternoon. coverage you starts here on wusa9 wusa9 1:30. orioles talk on toronto. >>> pga golf. it is the final round of the u.s. open and it's up for grabs. four guys in contention, including jason day, who is battling vertigo. great story there. can heover come that and win the title?

>> the washington nationals max scherzer came within one out of a perfect game. ged to throw a no-hitter against the pittsburgh pirates. scherzer struck out ten yesterday for the second no-hitter in major league baseball this year. but it did not come without controversy. two outs in the ninth, scherzer hit jose tabata in the elbow ending the bid for the perfect game. some argued that he leaned into the pitch on purpose. the ump did not see it that way. the "today" show is coming our way in about 12 minutes. let's go to new york and say good morning to erica hill and craig melvin. see what they got for us. >> hi ted. >> hi. >> i was saying hello to one of our producers. nice to be with you. we have a lot to get to we'll be live in charleston where mourners will be coming to worship and to remember the nine people who were gunned down earlier this week. this as we're learning more about the shooter and a hateful manifesto that has been found which appears to be from him. >>> also ahead this sunday morning, could authorities be hot on the trail of those two escaped

the chase for lord >> so much for the next starter to take inspiration from max scherzer.ight their red hotness got to gonzalez early and often. bases loaded for jake tap it back to geo-- he almost throws it away. his frustration is obvious. bottom of the 4th. logan rips a sing toll left. geothree and a third inning eight hits and five earned runs. bottom of the fifth, taylor mile. 6-0 the final. 6-0 at that point. 6-1 is the final. more inter league action. hot night in baltimore. orioles hosting the frightened fills. three-run jack. the birds win a 4-0 -- don't look now but the orioles have won eight of the last 10 games. >> it came up quickly but there is a legitimate dynasty in the game of hockey. the chicago blackhawks are hoisting lord stanley's cup in tampa bay. 4-2. scoreless game. blackhawks with the pucks, tries to break through. he has his -- they hoist lord stanley's cup. the nba draft is on june 25th. the wizards continue their due diligence with a handful of prospects. today at the verizon center was tyler harvey a junior guard from eastern washington. his ab

. >> max scherzer is working his spells. >> yeah. >> max scherzer says he can't pick up where he leftff because tonight will be the third time he is facing the phillies. even though he was just that -- an elbow away from having a perfect out, he tells us that he has to change the way he attacks batters tonight. his motto never get complacent. >> you can't think that success just happens. you just walk out on the mound and you can have success. no. success comes from hard work doing everything in the weight room to going out and running, going out and doing everything, you got to prepare in the bull peps and making sure your pitches are sharp and you got to be focused to be able to do that. so even though i have had two really good starts my focus is what can i do on the third, making sure all my stuff is ready to go to face the phillies because i know how challenging it will be. >> making it even more challenging, the nates will not have bryce harper again tonight missing his second straight game after tweaking his hamstring wednesday. mri negative, just needs rest. >>> not the case f

>> the washington nationals max scherzer came within one out of a perfect game. till managed to throw a no-hitter against the pittsburgh pirates. scherzer struck out ten yesterday for the second no-hitter in major league baseball this year. but it did not come without controversy. two outs in the ninth, scherzer hit jose tabata in the elbow ending the bid for the perfect game. some argued that he leaned into the pitch on purpose. the ump did not see it that way. >>> a special surprise in montgomery county a vietnam veteran. >> god is good. a newly restored handicap accessible band was donated to larry scott yesterday at motor car makeovers in blue bell. the 67-year-old navy airman recently underwent spinal surgery that left his paralyzed. >> this is a sign for me that god is on my side and that things are going to get better. one day i'm going to walk again. >> scott says the van will allow him to visit his four children, 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild. >>> 6:57 right now on your sunday morning. gunfire erupts at a local block party. seven people are sh

max scherzer takes the bump in philly tomorrow. >> out there, playing defense putting at-bats togethere some momentum together. we have some good spirit in the clubhouse. guys are in midseason form right now. >> if this doesn't make you smile, i don't know what will. a's-rangers this afternoon. made moreland hits a home run. ball bounces off the top of the wall. the young rangers fan catches the ball. look at his face. "i can't believe i got the ball!" pure joy. that is why we love baseball. and, usa faces china in the women's world cup tomorrow. basically, the wizards just replaced trevor. leon: we like watching. something else for you to watch here, a step closer to a self driving cars. ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to kekeep the mememories. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. leon: self driving cars are cruising the streets of california as we speak. if all goes well, google says they will get clearance to remove the steering will and breaks from these cars. the technology will be on all roads by the end of the decade. ste

and yes yes yes for max scherzer's no-no. his first career no-hitter.nationals on a saturday turned max scherzer in to a chocolate sunday. all that, the plays of the weekend. >> nice and muggy in washington. >> it's a nationals tradition. you do something like that, you get the chocolate syrup shower. >> he gets two showers to get rid of all the chocolate. >> what if we have an emmy award winning newscast? do we do a chocolate shower? >> i like champagne better. [ laughter ] >> for news throughout the evening including a chocolate shower, the latest is always on cbssf.com. >> join us for night beat at 10:00. right back here at 11:00. have a great night. new customers can save an average of $500 just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. announcer: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: good. thank you very much. how's everybody today? thank y'all very much. i appreciate it now. well, welcome to "

max scherzer is contagious people in a good way. brings a new meaning to the phrase "staff infection." whatever arm stuff max has going on has spread to the other starters on the staff. since his no-hitter last saturday the nat starters put together impressive 25 straight scoreless innings. in max's last two outings 26 k's, one hit, one walk and one hit batter. aka, punk move by jose thabitat. tonight he starts against a lowly phillies looking to be the first pitch since 1938 to toss back-to-back no-hitters. blue scherzer is always thinking big -- plus scherzer is always thinking big picture. >> as good as i have been in the past two games my season is not defined by this. my season is defined by 32 starts. i realize what it takes to have success at the level. my mission is figure out the rest of the year as well as i can. lou: last night was the nba draft. tonight is hockey's turn. the washington capitols have number 22 overall pick. leon: all right. good stuff. get k.d. to d.c. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir coming u

. >> we've seen what max scherzer brings to the mound.nats recorded a historically great performance sunday in milwaukee with 16 strikeouts in a complete game masterpiece, but one of the best pitchers in baseball is also the clubhouse clown. scherzer invented the nationals chocolate syrup celebration. after his most recent purchase machines, it was his turn to get doused. mad max embraced it. check out how he bonded with fellow superstar bryce harper. quite the elaborate shands shake. mad max scherzer great pitcher, better teammate. >>> i'm nikki burdine live at the scene of a sad fatal accident. we're on sam eig highway in between diamondback road and fields road. montgomery county police are still on the scene investigating but this is what we know so far. i'm told a woman was driving her car eastbound at about 3:45 this morning on sam eig highway when for some reason she went off the side of the road, crossed the median and landed on the opposite side. the car caught fire. the woman got out and had burns on her hands. she is going to b

max scherzer will take the mound tomorrow. target field royals-twins, this could have ended badly. vargas somehow gets his glove on it, knocks it down, throws it to first. another look. the catlike reflexes. royals win 3-1. the go pro camera catches a lot of things. check out this footage. a fan at this minor-league game makes the barehand it snag when the foul ball was ripped into the seats. he picked the right night to where the go pro. everyone still has triple crown hangover. american pharoah becoming the first horse to do it since 1978, a lot of people holding onto the memory, literally. according to espn.com, there were 94,000 tickets purchased. about 90,000 were not cashed in. some may be holding them in hoping to sell them for $20. in a final note, week three of ota's this week for t redskins. and game three of the nba finals tomorrow night. coverage begins at 8:30. $20, $30? leon: you kids today. robert: us millennial's. leon: unbelievable. apple is out with a list of new inventions. ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to k

after throwing a no-no saturday max scherzer has been named national league player of the week. not only did he throw a no-hitter, he had 16 k's and allowed one hit against the brewer last season. for the sunday, he is 8-5. and he leads the league in e.r.a. at 1.76. as if pete rose didn't have enough problems according to documents obtained by espn's "outside the lines" it appears that rose bet on baseball as a player for the reds and not just the manager. the documents track bets he supposedly made from march of 2006. he bet on at least one mlb team on 30 different days. the documents also suggest that rose gambled on the reds including on game in which he played. this won't help rose's case for reinstatement or for the hall of fame. maureen: what are we going to look forward to tomorrow? doug: it's hot. record high for washington is 98. that is what we are forecasting. it can be close hit it or go a degree above. we'll see. later in the afternoon the cold front could give us a chance of severe weather. we have a slight risk of damaging winds and hail. temperatures are if the m

max scherzer is on the mound and enters with 1.85 e.r.a. week three of redskins o.t.a.'s. jay gruden was amped. he got active with guys. i don't think we have seen him this fired up in o.t.a.'s this season. the receivers made sure they finished the route stronger. gruden was asked why it looked like he drank five straight red bulls. >> i'm a little sore, man. it's fun. the guys are here competing. trying to get better every day. the players are welcome in that. they are competing every day. they are attentive in the meetings, they are working out in weight room well. it's exciting to be here. robert: told you he was fired up. world cup action. france-england in the 29th minute. check out eugeni. gets it past the goalie to take a 1-0 lead. that's the final. french take it 1-0. final note, team usa coming off a 3-1 win over monday over australia and they continue world cup play friday night against sweden. that's it for sports. maureen: i have a little bit more for you. nice animals. dozens of people lined up at the state park today to see a gray seal pup head bock to open w

on top of that, max scherzer named n.l. pitcher of the month. he went 5-1 with e.r.a. of 1.67. he threw for seven innings at least in each of the six starts. couple of monthly honors for the nationals. college level, terps are headed to super regionals for the second straight year and take on an old a.c.c. rival virginia. that is in charlottesville. game one will be friday. first pitch is stet for 4:00. last year they advanced to omaha winning the best of three series. novak djokovic became only the second man to beat nadal with a straight set victory in the quarterfinals. he ended the nine-time champion's reign. djokovic will take on andy murray in the semi-finals on friday. on the women's side serena williams advances to the french open semi-finals after beating italian sara errani 6-1, 6-3. all i got for sports. how is it going steve? what is going on? didn't see you. steve: my goodness. we have mid-60's tomorrow. middle 70's on friday. nicer weekend ahead. leon: thank you. maureen: "wo >>> tonight we're on the scene. two major crashes, both deadly on american highways. a ri

tomorrow, a split doubleheader jordan zimmermann starting game one, mad max scherzer for the night cap. the weather did not stop the o's and astros. chris davis, almost a three-run shot, comes up short. o's up 2-1. seventh-inning, houston up 3-2. gattis hits it, to run score. preston tucker gets greedy thrown out at third. does not matter, houston wins, 5-2. ncaa baseball, this looks like a home run out of the park. the diving catch. then after the double play throws it backin and lsu doubles off the runner who does not get back to third. lsu wins 2-0. the redskins had their inaugural golf classic today. the redskins' prospect with a trip doubt golf court. a year ago, he was diagnosed with a blood disorder that made it difficult to travel to friends houses. among the redskins, none other than rg iii. people are wondering if this will be a europe's success. you their way, rg iii says they are ready. -- either way, rg iii says they are ready. robert: it all falls on your shoulders. my shoulders are big enough to carry the load. i just focus on what i can control and not worry about what

they will send nicole scherzinger -- they will send max:00er to the mound tonight against -- max scherzer to the mound tonight against the yankees. doug: there are numerous showers west and southwest for later tonight. for now the severe thunderstorm warning over the portion of the western mont i go almost county. that is moving northeast. we'll keep you up to date all evening long on ahead of the rain. maureen: all right. "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. have a good >>> breaking news tonight. in the man hunt for two escaped killers across state lines, and police now show up at a woman's home. >>> the power tools, the plan crawling their way through pipes up through a manhole, and now investigators have interviewed this woman who worked at the prison. did they have help. >>> and breaking now, the t.b. scare. a female patient with an extreme form of tuberculosis raced to the national institutes of health looking for hundreds who may have come in connect with her. >>> excessive force? an officer throwing aa teenage girl to the ground and pulling out his gun. >>> severe s

the field trying to ride the momentum from this weekend's sweep of the pirates which included max scherzer's and a record setting inning, but they will be joined by a key member of their rotation. dave owens joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: 25 days since we last saw stephen strasburg and that wasn't a pleasant sight. he left after 16 pitches against the reds that night. he kept telling coaches i can't get loose and my trap muscle below the neck, it's right below the neck and hence he went to the dl. they feel like he's ready to go tonight. this video might lend credence to that. this is strasburg mowing down wo uld be batters in harrisburg on wednesday during a rehab start. he threw 80 pitches. he says he felt good. he says he feels as good as he's felt since spring training. his manager matt william says great. i just want you to rip it. >> tonight it's important that one, he feels good when he walks out there and he can let it go and let it fly and there aren't any restrictions first and foremost. secondarily it's important for him to throw where he wants to. if he can, he's got

max scherzer on the edge of another no-hitter, taking a perfect game into the sixth inning. if he had gotten a no-hitter, he would have been just the second major league pitcher ever to pitch back-to-back no-hitters. the last one, johnny vandermeer in 1938. his ninth win on his mind. max: you do not want to get caught up in it. you want to keep moving forward. you know that my goal this season was not to have three great starts in june. it is to have a great year. that is a really tough thing to do in this league, because you have some ups and you have some downs. when you get in these situations, you just try to ride the highs as long as possible. gregg: baltimore and cleveland already rained out today. they play a day-night doubleheader tomorrow. last night, usa and china, quarterfinals of the world cup. johnson across to carli lloyd. the u.s. wins 1-0. this gives them their second consecutive appearance in the semi's, making them the only country to reach the final four in every women's world cup. quickly energy lifts us. i do not know if it is about these court of final

brad scherzer has only seen his son pitch just twice. this weekend, maxave his dad the best father's day gift he could have asked for. >> it's at the top. i have a seen him pitch a no-hitter in little league, high school and college and now the major leagues. that's the best. it really was quite exciting all the way through. we were just thrilled. this is only the second game i've actually been -- seen him pitch at. we watch him every night on tv. so we were going to come july 4th but got a conflict on july moved it up a couple weeks. what great father's day gift. >> perfect father's day gift. his father didn't get the chocolate syrup bath like max. a pretty good day. >> absolutely. i would say so that is the news for now. thanks so much for joining us. nightly news is next. and then we will see you again for news4 at 11:00. >>> on this sunday night, show of faith. the church reopens just four days after that deadly massacre and we're learning more tonight about what drove the shooter to kill. >> the man hunt for those escaped killers heats up. police say

. >>> back to max scherzer's no hitter saturday. he wasn't the only one doing fancy work with the ball. check out this nats fan who catches the foul ball in the crook of her arm. she wanted the foul ball badly are in, but she didn't -- badly enough, but she didn't want to lose her beer. >> there are beer salesmen who do not have skills like that. >> to clarify tonight is game one of three. it's best of three in the college bowl series. i got a little ahead of myself because i'm excited. >> even if uva can't come back, ♪ ♪ we work weekends here. because it works for our patients. here, at cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, we give our patients the freedom to make appointments that fit their schedules, even on weekends. because we believe in being here when our patients need us, so they can keep living their busy lives. weekend appointments are now available here. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. ahh, soccer. top chef. soccer. top chef. soccer! top chef! disco. say it and see it with the x1 voice remote from x

baseball, not only did they sweep the red hot pirates, but the story was the near perfect game by max scherzerd to settle for a no hitter. versusser one strike away from that -- scherzer one strike away from that perfect game picks up his first no hitter and gets drenched in the now infamous chocolate syrup he introduced to the nats. it was a taste of his on medicine. we'll look at scherzer's dominance lately coming up in game on overtime, but the nats didn't have a hangover. bryce harper had his 24th home run. the nats had nine runs in the 1st inning, highlights next. >> plus holden kushner sits down with nats owners this week to talk all things nationals, bryce harper and if he would get doused with chocolate syrup. >> plus a special story this father's day, the head coach of the washington mystics working in a woman's world but he's not doing it alone. >> bryce, his first career no hitter, didn't know that. >> only the second for the nats. >> hav this summer take flight, without having to take a flight. because all the thrills you need are right here at busch gardens, and water country usa.

another headline the nationals's max scherzer throws a no hitter after.hink a no hitter this is a great event for a pitcher. you see what happened. look at this. >> the ball hit deep to left and going back and max scherzer has a no hitter. >> that's the good part. that's where it becomes -- let me explain. that was the final seal with the no hitter. before that he was worried about a perfect game. no hits. nobody on base for any reason at all. there was a hit by pitch. the batter before that was grazed by the pitch and gets first base for free basically. it's no longer a perfect game which is a step above no hitter and a near no hitter. it's fantastic for everybody in baseball. we have a no hitter but it's not perfect. >> how rare is a no hitter? >> i'm being told -- i will answer the question later, but adam reece is in charleston with the mayor standing there and we will take you to that right now. go ahead. >> good morning. i'm with the long time mayor joe reilly. thank you for joining us. we are calling this a healing service. tell me about if you spe

." >>> how about max scherzer? today he offered another masterpiece. 16 k's, a franchise record.cial pitcher, coming up our nats insider will tell you why scherzer is such a special pitcher. >>> baltimore looking to do something they've never done under buck showalter. win seven in a row. didn't happen today. we'll hear from buck in a few minutes. >>> redskins open veteran mini camp on tuesday. these are mandatory. not full contact but the whole team expected to be there. coming up, a look at the skins through otas and look ahead at some upcoming dates, and a cool story, kara lawson, wnba. she starred at alexandria back in the day. you are going to see some old vintage video. >> coming up next. >> yes. >> we're out this summer take flight, without having to take a flight. because all the thrills you need are right here at busch gardens, and water country usa. in williamsburg, va. like the daring new coaster tempesto. so ride together slide together whether it's monster drops collossal curls or furry friends it's all here. vacation packages start at $50 per person per night. the u

max scherzer in the booth. they switched to try to change the mojo. what do you know? it worked.rfect game for scherzer. but the nats do win 5-2. and brown, two bad plays. >> two missed plays out there might have cost us the game. got to play better man. trying to do whatever for my team. you know what i mean? >>> flyers with the seventh pick in the draft, they get a stud defenseman. >> philadelphia selects from the western hockey league ivan provorov. >> he is 6'1," 200 pounds. he's from manitoba. hey, the flyers have a lot of good prospects on "d." >> i'm a pretty competitive guy and i like the competition. >> flyers also traded up to get the 24th pick and take forward travis konekni with that. >>> joel embiid is still trying to decide what to do about his foot. they will always draft the best players available. that's why they took jahlil okafor. he says he is the generational player an old school center. >> you don't see players like ja very often. they don't come along in a way where you're looking to -- where you're looking to feed them over and over and over. where they've

joining harper is max scherzer, the national league pitcher of the month with the best record and lowest.r.a. in may. this is the first time in nationals' 10 year history two players swept these awards in the same month. congratulations. >>> the oakland a's taking on detroit. a young fan catches the ball who is all excited until he realizes that ball just gave the other team the lead. he's like my team is losing now, the range of emotions. >> but two weeks from now he won't care about the loss and he'll still have the ball. >> this is true. that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> we're back in 30 minutes for your only local news right now veriiszon offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. (yeah, 10 gigantic gigs.) for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in speed. call. data. and reliability. so you never have to settle. now also get $300 or more when you trade-in your smartphone and buy a new one. stop by or visit us online. and save without settling. only on verizon. >> rose: two terr